plural of ablaut

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablaut

(phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.

(intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel. / (transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel.

present participle of ablaut

(linguistics) experiencing an ablaut

(linguistics) the process of vowel turning into its ablaut variant

simple past tense and past participle of ablaut